CHISINAU, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova's opposition parties said on Tuesday that there is no point to a planned recount of voting in the April 5 parliamentary elections, ordered by the Constitutional Court earlier this week.
The Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and Our Moldova alliance said in a joint statement that the recount would not change the election results, adding that the major violations were in the compiling of lists of eligible voters. The opposition claimed that some 400,000 voters had been unlawfully registered to vote.
Meanwhile, a judge from the Chisinau city court of appeals forbade opposition parties to make copies of voter lists.
"The ruling may be appealed to a higher court within 15 days," he said.
The Central Electoral Commission earlier allowed the opposition to make copies of voter lists, but the ruling Communist Party challenged the decision in court
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin's Communist Party won almost 50% in the April 5 polls. Voronin is due to step down on May 7, but his party won just enough seats in parliament to be able to elect a successor without requiring votes from any other party. The OSCE and other international organizations said the election was fair.
Protests originally led by the opposition turned violent last week, when some 10,000 rioters, mainly students, broke into the presidential residence and parliament in the capital, Chisinau. Several hundred protesters and police were injured in the violence.
Voronin urged a full recount on Saturday "to find a way out of the political deadlock, and restore the atmosphere of stability and trust in the newly elected parliament."
He also accused the opposition of attempting to stage a coup, and blamed Romania for orchestrating the disturbances. A number of protestors waved Romanian flags during the riots and called for unification with their EU neighbor. Romania has denied that it was behind the protests.
